November 17, 2012

The last 3 seconds revisited

From the AP game report: "... and with three players draped on her, the 6-foot-8 star's shot fell harmlessly off the rim ..."

From the Honolulu Star-Advertiser game report: "... but she [Griner] came up short on her baseline shot and no one cleanly got the rebound in time."

Not true!

03.0 seconds to go: Griner puts up her shot. Mikaela & Chiney are straight-up guarding Griner. Jos is holding off a couple of Lady Bears.

02.9 seconds to go: Griner's shot is on the way. Chiney is already turning towards the basket. Jos continues holding off possible Lady Bear rebounders.

01.6 seconds to go: Many reach for the rebound.

Chiney, her hands slightly above Griner's, grabs the rebound cleanly and in plenty of time.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great pics and comments! Who took the pics?

Many thanks for posting this!

Marian Cortesi said...

Dave Cortesi took the photos. Click on each one to enlarge, and you can easily see the credit.

Anonymous said...

Proof positive.

Anonymous said...

GREAT post, Marian. Did you send a copy of this to the Hawaii newspapers to show them the error of their ways??? Britney can’t jump!!

Judy Sweeney

Anonymous said...

We enjoyed!